This Week in Google with Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Jan 2nd 2019

This Week in Google 489

I'm An Engineer, Darn It!

Facebook's Rough 2018, AZ vs Waymo

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Category: News
  • Facebook hopes for a better 2019 after a public image drubbing in 2018.
  • Google's Waymo Under Fire in Arizona - Literally.
  • Your cell phone has a huge security flaw, and there is no plan to fix it.
  • How much of the internet is made of bots? And how soon will people be the exception, not the rule?
  • Copyright expires for all works created in 1923 - the 1st time this has happened in 20 years. Is Mickey Mouse next?
  • One Oregon man takes his fight to call himself an engineer all the way to federal court.
  • Who owns your tattoo? Not you!
  • What will happen if the US tries to ban exports of AI tech?
  • A cafe in Tokyo where the staff is all robots controlled remotely by paralyzed workers.

Picks of the Week

  • Jeff's Numbers: Google to make $3B on hardware, 16,000 BBC sound effects for free
  • Leo's Tool: Listen Notes: the podcast search engine

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